tired of this ongoing sinus problem

[clamona]

I have been really sick for 2 months now. The start of it was a fever, severe nausea, dizziness, a little bit of diarreah. A doctor while on vaction treated me for gastroenteritis,giving me phenergan. I kept thinking it would go away like a normal virus but the nausea and off balance feeling lingered. when i went to my doctor she did a few tests on me thinking it was my stomach, like stool samples, blood work ,gallbladder tests. everything was normal. Finally a head x-ray showed i had severe infected sinuses and i was put on augementin 875mg for 20 days. all the symptoms went away pretty fast after a few days of antibiotics. about a week and a half the nausea started gradually easing back on but i kept thinking it could be the strong antibiotics causing a little stomach discomfort. Now most of the symptoms are back like off balance feeling, nausea, and fullness of head and ears and now i have alot of drainage down the back of my throat. does this sound like a sinus infection that is being resistant? do you think i need to have a bacteria culture? would it be a good idea to have a cat scan or mri of my brain to rule out brain tumor? I am getting really tired of this as it has put my life on hold right now. I cant even drive on bad days because of motion sickness brought on by all this.

[National Jewish]

The symptoms you have described are very compatible with a chronic sinus infection.  This does not sound like an infection involving the brain at all, such as meningitis or encephalitis.  Getting a CT scan of the sinuses is a good idea.  It is possible one or more of them are blocked.  The response and relapse is very common in such a case.  Other therapies can be instituted if this is the case.

[Pakman]

I recommend seeing an ENT specialist.

[karmakarmakarma]

hey there! i have exact same symptons as u.. for about 2 years or so it took ages for me to get rid of the nausea! my mum went to hongkong and brought me back this stuff called Vitagain! (its like nasal allergy medication that is all natural). and since then ive been having very minimal nausea and i can go about everyday things! the only thing that i cant get rid of is the post nasal drip and a lot of phlegm coming out of me.

http://www.vitagain.com/

p.s this isnt some form of advertisement or anything im genuinally trying to suggest answers cos i know how annoying it is to feel nauseas and hungover feeling everday!!!!

[clamona]

update: had a CT scan and still have bad sinuses after 20 days of Augmentin 875mg. i am seeing an ENT next week. i hope they can straighten me out. now i have really bad heartburn which is unusual for me. it's either nausea or heartburn plus having to deal with the head symptoms.

[r3dhorse]

well thats sucks, could the sinus infection be messing with your inner ear hence why your having a nausea and motion sickness? why not try another antibiotic if this one is making sick.

[suschampag]

I am at my wits end.  My mom is 80 yrs old and taking a variety of blood pressure meds.  He Dr. recently put her on Actos which is supposed to help with controlling the possibility of diabetes (which, I guess, goes hand-in-hand with the whole high blood pressure thing).  Shortly after she started taking the Actos, she ended up with a terrible sinus infection (or so it seemed) and she was treated with a variety of antibiotics, none of which seemed to help. The biggest issue with the sinus infection was that her ears became totally clogged up and the ENT told her that she had fluid accummulating.  This was obvious....we needed to know what was causing it. After doing some research, I discovered that one of the more common side effects of the new medication, Actos, was sinus infection, sore throat, etc.  She asked her cardiologist, who was the Dr. who prescribed Actos, if she could go off of it to see if she would feel better.  He agreed, reluctantly, and in a few weeks, she was feeling much better, able to hear again (hooray!), etc.  She seemed to be pretty much back to normal and went to the cardiologist for her check-up and he said that he still detected a nasal sound to her voice and, therefore, thought that the Actos had nothing to do with the sinuses, congestion, lack of hearing, etc., and put her back on it.  Within two to three weeks, she was right back where she started.  ENT now wants to put tubes in her ears to relieve the pressure from the fluid build-up, but I think we need to figure out WHAT is causing the symptoms.  I still think it has something to do with the medication and I would like to see her go off of it again.  If the symptoms clear up the way they did the last time, it would convince me that it's a reaction to the Actos.  I also think an allergist might be in order.  My mom is afraid to go off the medication because whe wants to follow the doctors orders.  It just seems like no one is looking at the cause for all of the congestion in her head!  Cardiologist and ENT alike seem to totally disregard the info about Actos that I pulled of the internet (from a number of different sources).  Now it also seems like it's moving down into her chest.  She tried to get a second opinion from a different ENT and he just didn't take her seriously - had "zero" bedside manner, and put her on 800 + mg. of amox. which, after 10 days, has done nothing.  Does anyone have any ideas of how we might proceed to get to the bottom of this?  Help!?!?!

[dakon2005]

Please let me know if sinuse put pressure on ear .